Engineering Manager - B2B SaaS Rules Engine | InsurTech

Burns Sheehan; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent InsurTech company seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team focusing on a mission-critical Rules Engine platform. This role emphasizes technical leadership, team development, and the adoption of best practices in a hybrid work environment in London, offering a competitive salary and bonus.

Benefits

Private health insurance

Pension plan

Bonus opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager in software development.
• Strong technical background in Java, Spring Boot, AWS.
• Passion for mentoring and team culture development.

Responsibilities

• Leading a squad of engineers for a core Rules Engine product.
• Ensuring high performance, scalability, and maintainability of systems.
• Collaborating with product management to prioritize work and align goals.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

AWS

Leadership

Collaboration

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Engineering Manager - B2B SaaS Rules Engine | InsurTech

London - Hybrid - 2 days a week in the office

Up to £120,000 per annum plus 10% bonus and excellent benefits including pension and private health

Java | Spring Boot | AWS | Kubernetes

Are you a hands-on Engineering Manager passionate about driving impactful software delivery and building high-performing engineering teams?

Engineering Manager - A growing SaaS InsurTech, backed by a global financial services group, is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow a cross-functional development team working on a mission-critical Rules Engine platform as part of a major tech transformation. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of people leadership, delivery execution and technical strategy.

The Engineering Manager will join a company that's transforming how life insurance is bought and underwritten - building modern, cloud-native solutions used by insurers and advisors around the world. As Engineering Manager, you'll focus on enabling your team to deliver high-quality software, foster a culture of technical excellence and collaboration as well as contributing to the company's broader engineering leadership.

What the Engineering Manager will be doing

• Leading, coaching and developing a squad of engineers working on a core Rules Engine product.
• Driving team delivery, ensuring high performance, scalability, and maintainability of software systems while guiding systems design decisions.
• Supporting and mentoring engineers in their career growth, goal setting, and performance.
• Partnering closely with product management to shape roadmaps, prioritise work, and ensure alignment between business goals and engineering execution.
• Championing DevOps best practices, CI/CD improvements, and cloud-native architecture.
• Improving team processes, facilitating agile ceremonies, and fostering continuous improvement.
• Collaborating with fellow engineering managers and senior leaders to define and execute the wider engineering strategy.
• Playing an active role in recruitment, onboarding, and growing a high-performing, inclusive engineering culture.

What You Bring

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or in a similar people leadership role within a software development environment.
• Strong technical background - ideally in Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, AWS - with the ability to support engineers in making sound architectural decisions.
• A passion for mentoring and growing engineering talent, creating a team culture built on trust, autonomy, and accountability.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, able to engage effectively with product, stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• A pragmatic approach to balancing long-term technical health with short-term delivery needs.

Tech Environment

• Backend: Java, Spring Boot
• Frontend (nice-to-have): React, TypeScript
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm
• Cloud: AWS
• Practices: DevOps, CI/CD, Agile product delivery

Bonus Points For

• Experience leading cloud-based SaaS product teams.
• Exposure to highly regulated or data-sensitive industries (e.g. finance, insurance).
• Familiarity with performance optimisation and cost control in AWS environments.
• Understanding of underwriting or insurance systems.

This is an amazing opportunity to lead a talented team in an ambitious tech company that combines the agility of a scale-up with the long-term support of a global financial institution. Please reply with your CV or call Simon for a chat.

Engineering Manager - B2B SaaS Rules Engine | InsurTech

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.